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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-2354
CVE-2023-2354:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The CHP Ads Block Detector WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.9.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-2354). The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in admin settings accessible through an AJAX action (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Wordfence has also provided an alternative assessment with a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Multiple patches have been released to address this vulnerability, as evidenced by several changelog entries. Users should update to a version newer than 3.9.4 to protect against this vulnerability (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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